Mid-spring makes for beautiful sunsets

The vibrant yellow blossoms of this Carolina Jessamine vine (Gelsemium sempervirens) bring a touch of sunshine to the spring landscape here in Tokyo. Its fragrant flowers are a welcome sign of warmer days.

Bathed in late afternoon glow after the showers

Bathed in golden dusk, cherry blossoms bloom quietly beside a temple path, whispering spring's arrival in soft pink

Light filters through the blossoms to give soft patchy glow

Cycle of life & solemn remembrance

A street adorned with Yoshinosakura

Sakura tree stands guard over the resting place of souls, its petals drifting like gentle memories in the breeze.

Amid ancient stones and quiet remembrance, the cherry blossoms bloom undeterred—life’s beauty gently embracing death’s silence.

Sakura ushers in spring, quite like the bell sending periodic remindersr

A timeless tower peeks through a delicate veil of blooming cherry blossoms.

Taken with a shade of sepia, this late blossom adorns the branch